pupil-teacher ratio

He is aware that many studies question whether the pupil-teacher ratio affects how well students learn.

If it is used only to improve the pupil-teacher ratio within special schools then its value is limited.

However, in general teachers did seem to be pleased with the outcome and many expressed approval at the improved pupil-teacher ratio for the coming year.

"What kind of a statement is it making when maybe it would be more important to create another first grade to maintain our pupil-teacher ratios."

The Essex schools emphasize individualized instruction, and the pupil-teacher ratio is about 15 to 1.

This left St Matthew's with a reduced pupil-teacher ratio, which in time led to staff cuts and lower funding.

Has not the time come, however, to evaluate the optimum pupil-teacher ratio for pupils at any given age, with a view to establishing it?

The outcome was that the school was to lose only one member of staff and consequently would have an improved pupil-teacher ratio.

The pupil-teacher ratio here is good.

The head and senior staff had made a case for extra staffing and were successful in gaining an improved pupil-teacher ratio.

The pupil-teacher ratio, averaging 44 to 1, is the world's highest; the percentage of trained teachers is among the lowest.

State spending, the experts said, has been tied to insuring smaller pupil-teacher ratios and buying better schools, books and other resources.

Was the significant increase in the number of temporary and part-time teachers included in the calculation of pupil-teacher ratios?

Pupil-teacher ratios were also steadily reduced.

In addition, this report includes data on the number of teachers and the total student register (Pupil-Teacher Ratio) in each school.

The elementary schools made do with tighter instructional supply budgets and higher pupil-teacher ratios in order to assist the funding of the high schools.

Superintendent of Schools Fred R. Ferrone says that the average pupil-teacher ratio was 18 to 1.

The shift, Mr. Signor added, would be accompanied by changes in pupil-teacher ratios, class sizes and tuition regulation.

Will he consider conducting an inquiry into what the optimum pupil-teacher ratio should be for each age of children, because that ratio will differ?

As a Councillor, she campaigned against the reintroduction of university fees, against the budget-related increase in pupil-teacher ratios.

Perhaps Mr. Gerber should check his research, not individual school districts, before he decides there is no correlation between low pupil-teacher ratio and pupil achievement.

Coleman found that the objective inputs into schools - pupil-teacher ratios, the money spent per pupil, the condition of the buildings - had little effect on student achievement.

For example, the programs must operate on a full-day, year-round basis to benefit working parents and, to insure quality, would have to maintain a pupil-teacher ratio of 10 to 1.

Midwinter's examination of government data concluded that the pupil-teacher ratio of rich L.A.s was no better than that of poor L.A.s.

But in the latest survey, two-thirds of the families said they chose teaching at home because of dissatisfaction with public-school instruction, pupil-teacher ratios, crowded classrooms, peer pressure and the like.